🚨 It's finally here! 🚨 A true labor of love! A part of my PhD thesis is out now Nature Microbiology doi.org/10.1038/s41564… Dr. Vladimir Diaz-Ochoa Dr. Renee Tsolis Our study unveils a novel insight into the role of vitamin A in immune function, particularly in neutrophil development. (1/2)

In the latest issue! High fat intake sustains sorbitol intolerance after antibiotic-mediated Clostridia depletion from the gut microbiota dlvr.it/T3VNKb

Is it time for NIH to switch from cataloging microbial genes/gene products (i.e., human microbiome project) to supporting functional analyses though new initiatives?

This Cell paper on the 'cancer microbiome' repeats all the mistakes that gave us the so-called 'fetal microbiome'. Inadequate contamination controls, no culture data, no microscopy. And is it really ecologically plaucible that 165 genera colonize tumors? cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Lactate production is important to regenerate NAD+ during anaerobic growth like fermentation (like the microenvironment of a plaque or cavity). How well will it compete with microbes that do not have this fitness disadvantage? Seems like they aren't considering ecology here.

Congratulations Andreas Bäumler of UC Davis, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS161 #microbiology #immunology

Congrats to the greatest PhD mentor of all time Andreas Baumler

Excited to share our new review written by the amazing duo grad student Nic Shealy and undergrad Madi Baltagulov discussing the role of the small intestine microbiota in intestinal diseases. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm…

#probiotics: Uncovering the mechanisms of sorbitol intolerance, with Dr. Jee-Yon Lee MD PhD isappscience.org/?p=7393

This is such a cool story on host-pathogen-microbiome interactions. Congrats to all authors involved!

Check out our new paper on how Epithelial Hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against the fungal pathogens Candida albicans. Details on our new metabolomics web app, omuShiny, are also there!

We found that anaerobiosis limits growth of Candida in the healthy gut, but disruption of anaerobiosis by antibiotics drives an intestinal bloom. Pharmacological restoration of anaerobiosis using drugs that stimulate epithelial oxygen consumption prevents this bloom.

An anti-inflammatory curbs spread of fungi causing serious blood infections scienmag.com/an-anti-inflam…

Hypoxia limits C. albicans. Anaerobiosis limits growth of C. albicans. #Antibiotic disruption of anaerobiosis drives C. albicans bloom, which can be prevented w/probiotic bacteria that respire oxygen or pharmacological restoration of anaerobiosis Andreas Baumler cell.com/cell-host-micr…

I still refuse to use Pseudomonadota and Bacillota 😂. Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridia, my two favorites, get no love from the taxonomists.

Are you at #ASMicrobe and interested in host-microbiota interactions? Don’t miss this awesome session tomorrow morning with talks from Wenhan Zhu , Liz Johnson and selected abstracts. 😊

Here is our latest findings on how lactate modulates biofilm formation. It was great work by Francisco Albicoro who led the study

Salmonella overcomes colonization resistance when the microbiota is compositionally intact by disrupting epithelial hypoxia, which fuels outgrowth by catabolizing simple sugars via aerobic respiration and mixed acid fermentation Cell Host & Microbe Andreas Baumler cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Salmonella breaks colonization resistance Salmonella overcomes colonization resistance w/intact microbiota by disrupting epithelial hypoxia. Outgrowth fueled by catabolizing simple sugars via combo of aerobic respiration & mixed acid fermentation Andreas Baumler cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Excited to announce the launch of the Center for Microbial Medicine CHOP Research! This new translational Center of Emphasis at CHOP will be dedicated to finding cures and improving pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome research.chop.edu/cornerstone-bl…